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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the overseer for the main farm house of Colonel Lloyd?
(a) Captain Anthony.
(b) Captain O'Connel.
(c) Captain Jack.
(d) Colonel Edward Lloyd.

2. For how many years did Garrison publish his newspaper?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 35 years.

3. How many shirts did each working slave get for a year?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

4. In what city in Massachusetts did Garrison hear the speech about slavery that is described in the Preface?
(a) Nantucket.
(b) Springfield.
(c) Boston.
(d) Plymouth.

5. What was the name of the overseer who Douglass describes as cursing all day and whose death was seen as a blessing in Chapter 2?
(a) Mr. Lloyd.
(b) Mr. Severe.
(c) Mr. Hopkins.
(d) Mr. Anthony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the slave master who replaced Mr. Hopkins demand from the slaves?

2. According to Douglass, what did the slaves strive for at Lloyd's plantations?

3. To whom does the author compare Douglass in the second Preface?

4. What brings tears to Douglass's eyes, according to his narrative in Chapter 2?

5. Wendell Phillips was the son of a mayor of what city in Massachusetts?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Great House Farm. Who owned it?

2. What is the irony regarding the slaves wanting to work at the main farm?

3. What was the West Indies Experiment?

4. What upsets Douglass about his mother's death?

5. What does Philips say about Douglass and his life of slavery in the second Preface?

6. What information does Douglass relate about himself in the beginning of Chapter 1?

7. Why does Phillips say he does not want to know Douglass's name or place of birth in the second Preface?

8. In the Preface, why does Mr. Garrison talk about a story that Daniel O'Connell has previously told?

9. Who was Wendell Phillips?

10. Why does Garrison make Douglass seem to be so important to the abolitionist movement?

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